62 Stunning Examples of Paper Origami

Origami (Japanese for “folding paper”) is the Japanese art form of folding paper by using no additional adhesive materials or cuts, which first began in Japan in the 17th century AD. Using a number of intricate folds, a simple piece of paper can be radically transformed into a complex and beautiful piece of artwork!

Origami grew dramatically across the globe during the mid-20th century, and has today evolved into a highly skilled specialist modern art form. The unique art form has many different types; action origami, modular origami, wet-folding, pureland origami and origami tessellations. Here at MOO we just can’t get enough of stunning paper design, so we’ve done you a solid and pulled together a list of our very favourite origami pieces. Sit back with a cup of your preferred hot beverage and enjoy!

Although not strictly origami, these are ‘oritsunagumono’ – ‘things folded and connected’. Takayuki Hori designed these to help highlight the potential threat of pollution to native animals.

So that wraps up our list of some of the best origami pieces to date, it’s amazing to think what some people can do with a sheet of paper! If this has got your creative juices flowing, why not try and create something unique with paper.

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cool, I think the art of origami paper folding as it is a separate ability. it can be proud, because not everyone can do it, it would be better if you are the owner of the blog also explains how to make it :p